For manufacturers, distributors and founding partners

Show what your products make possible.

Build a content partnership around real vehicle transformations, with agreed clips, stills and usage rights for your own marketing.

Founding Partner presentation

Help build Restyling America.

See the vision, the opportunity and how founding partners can help bring vehicle personalization stories to a wider audience.

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The awareness problem

Make the possibility visible.

U.S. specialty-equipment retail sales reached $52.65 billion in 2024. That is market context—not a viewership or audience claim.

Most drivers do not see how a need becomes a recommendation, how a product is selected, how professional installation protects the outcome or how manufacturers, distributors, restylers, dealers and consumers connect.

Market figure: 2025 SEMA Market Report, p. 5. Restyling America does not claim SEMA sponsorship or endorsement.

Real production proof

Production proof.

The Florida pilot was filmed on July 23–25, 2026, across working shops in Fort Walton Beach, Crestview and Destin and is now in post-production.

Season One is planned as six episodes produced in stages. Principal photography for Episode Two was completed in Minnesota on September 9–11, 2026, and the episode is entering post-production. The final storyline and included material remain subject to editing.

A production camera captures professional work on an active shop floor

A complete content system

What your partnership can include.

Agree on the story, the content you can use, where it can run and how delivery will be reported.

01

Inside the show

Natural product or service integration, expert context, transformation visibility and episode, segment or season association where the story supports it.

02

Beyond the show

Vertical cutdowns, demos, testimonials, behind-the-scenes content, approved stills and other brand assets defined by level.

Distribution may include publication across Restyling America, featured-shop and approved partner channels, with platform, timing, links and attribution responsibilities defined in writing. Paid amplification is separately scoped.

03

Launch and reporting

Website, email, social, dealer, distributor, shop and event activation with defined links, responsibilities, rights and delivery reporting.

Founding Partner levels

Choose your partnership level.

Founding Partners join while the series is being built. Each level has a defined scope; the written proposal controls final deliverables.

$5K

Supporting Founding Partner

Founding recognition, partner-page presence, launch acknowledgement, approved stills and a delivery summary.

Discuss this level
$10K

Featured Product Founding Partner

Everything above plus focused companion content, two vertical edits and limited organic usage rights.

Discuss this level
$25K

Episode Founding Partner

One defined episode activation or companion feature, four cutdowns, approved stills, coordinated launch support and reporting.

Discuss this level
$50K

Multi-Episode Founding Partner

Two episode activations selected across Season One, a larger cross-platform asset package, category priority and coordinated activation.

Discuss this level
$100K

Season Founding Partner

Season-wide association, deeper integrations in up to three selected episodes, a custom brand asset package, priority planning and consolidated reporting.

Discuss this level

Paid amplification, expanded paid-media rights, raw footage, broadcast, broad category exclusivity, complex production and unusual travel are separately scoped. No level includes editorial control or guaranteed audience, reach, distribution, leads or sales.

Commercial clarity

Put the scope in writing.

The value is not an undefined logo placement. It is a documented content and activation scope.

DeliverablesNamed episodes, segments, trailers, cutdowns, stills, recognition and activation elements.
Usage rightsFiles, formats, channels, duration, geography and organic or paid use.
ResponsibilitiesAccess, products, experts, brand files, deadlines, factual approvals and promotion.
Review boundariesBrand accuracy and product facts are reviewable; final editorial conclusions remain independent.
ContingenciesProduction windows, substitutions, replacement value or credit are defined when appropriate.
Delivery protectionIf contracted value is not delivered, the agreement defines comparable replacement work or a credit.
Step-up creditEligible entry investments may receive credit toward a larger partnership within an agreed window, as defined in the written proposal.
MeasurementDelivery and observed performance are reported separately from attributed business outcomes.

Why this team?

Meet the team.

Restyling America pairs genuine category context with the production discipline to create work that respects the people, brands and businesses on screen.

Jesse Stoddard, host and executive producer of Restyling America

Host & executive producer

Jesse Stoddard

  • SEMA PRO Select Committee, 2025–2027
  • Host, Ride-in-Style Podcast
  • Founder, AutoStyle Marketing
  • Marketing strategist, producer, speaker and trained actor
SEMA PRO Professional Restylers Organization member emblem

Credential context only. SEMA PRO is not a sponsor or endorser of Restyling America.

Bruce Dear, founder, producer and director at SVP Media

Producer & director

Bruce Dear

  • Founder, producer and director, SVP Media
  • 20+ years across commercial and documentary video, photography and post-production
  • Addy and Telly award recipient
  • Best Documentary recognition, Top Shorts
SVP Media

Before you decide

Partnership questions.

What responsibilities does a partner have?

Partner responsibilities are defined in the written agreement and may include providing accurate product information, approved brand assets, timely factual approvals, a primary contact, and any agreed product, access or promotional support.

Can I begin at one level and upgrade later?

Yes. When availability permits, eligible fees may be applied toward a higher partnership level during an agreed step-up window. The credit and remaining deliverables will be documented before the upgrade.

Can we also have a referral, JV or strategic-alliance relationship?

Yes. Sponsorships, referrals, joint ventures and strategic alliances may work together when there is a legitimate mutual fit, but they remain separate relationships. A company is never required to sponsor Restyling America to maintain a genuine referral or alliance relationship.

How do I know people will actually watch?

This is a new series, not an established audience buy. The filmed pilot and trailer show the production approach. Your proposal defines the content assets, usage rights, launch work and reporting you receive; views and audience growth are not guaranteed.

What will you do to build traffic?

Launch efforts may include full episodes, trailers and vertical clips; Restyling America’s website, email and social channels; AutoStyle Marketing’s established audience of restylers, upfitters and related businesses; featured-shop promotion through customers, dealerships and local markets; and voluntary amplification by participating manufacturers, distributors, creators, podcasts and industry organizations. Paid amplification is separately priced when appropriate. Outside participation, distribution, audience behavior, views, leads and sales cannot be guaranteed. No SEMA or SEMA PRO endorsement or promotion is promised.

Why not just buy ads or use established influencers?

Advertising and creators can provide reach or trust. Restyling America adds a coherent transformation story and reusable content that those channels can amplify.

Why invest before the series is proven?

An early partnership can include planning access, founding recognition and a defined set of assets your team can use. That value comes from the agreed work and rights—not a prediction of future audience size. If established reach is your main requirement, that trade-off matters.

What exactly is guaranteed?

The agreement defines the deliverables, usage rights, timing, launch actions and reporting we control. Third-party distribution, views, leads and sales are not guaranteed.

What if a planned integration is cut or the story changes?

The agreement can protect contracted value through an alternative episode, companion feature, standalone asset, comparable replacement or credit.

Will sponsorship turn the show into an infomercial?

No. Products must serve the real story. Partners do not purchase praise or editorial conclusions.

Do partners get approval or editorial control?

Partners may review product facts, claims, names, logos and brand accuracy within a defined window. Final editorial conclusions, participant opinions and truthful outcomes remain independent.

What usage rights are included?

Rights are defined by asset, format, channel, duration, geography and organic or paid use. Raw footage, broad paid rights, broadcast, sublicensing, major recuts and indefinite exclusivity are separately scoped.

Can competing brands appear?

No level includes automatic category lockout. Category priority or limited exclusivity requires a signed agreement defining category, term, scope and exceptions.

How is success measured?

Reporting may include views, watch time, retention, completion, engagement, tracked links, clicks, inquiries and partner feedback. Observed performance is not presented as a guaranteed business outcome.

Is an industry-association endorsement included?

No. Partnership levels do not promise endorsement, marks, sharing or promotion by SEMA or any outside association.

Start with fit—not pressure

Request a partner call.

Start with a short fit conversation to define the business goal, identify the strongest truthful story and choose the appropriate scope. If there is a fit, the next step is a written proposal covering deliverables, rights, timing, responsibilities, safeguards and measurement.